I would agree that anything that gives someone an unfair advantage should not be allowed in a spec racing environment where putting everyone on an equal playing field is the desired result. That being said, with no way to enforce the rule in game you are just asking the stewards to spend more time looking at a race to see if someone is using trick shifting.
Following the same logic. How is there any difference between not changing the rules to allow something; but not enforcing that rule either, and changing the rules to allow it? Both equal the same thing. It reminds me of the use of steroids in sports. As an athlete, if you want to compete at the highest level you're gonna need a little extra help. That's simply the reality.
. The Scirocco was particularly bad at Autopolis at the off camber left hander where the long circuit splits off from the short circuit. I tried bumper cam for a while, but it screwed up my brake points for the rest of the track. So, braking point is important, but with cockpit view your turn-in point is sometimes critical. I guess you learn as you go and get better the more you practice.
You didn't answer the question (which was philosophical by the way). I did forget to include a question mark.
Or even balance all 3 well enough we don't have to rely on a lobby setting to even the playing field. Reading on this topic on other threads it has been suggested why not just increase the shifting speed to match. People with real life racing experience mostly agree that the quicker shift is closer to why you would see in a real car. It just sucks there are a few viable solutions that would fix the issue and bring it closer to a sim environment but the answer PD brings to the table is the least viable. Smh
Again, the question is philosophical. It has nothing to do with brake balance, shifters or SNAIL rules. It does have to do with integrity though. To accept something as unenforceable, but never the less continue to insist on its enforcement seems to me to be a little lacking in integrity on the part of the rule makers. Again, I'm not directing this at you or SNAIL or SNAIL's rules. That's why I used steroids in sports as the example. For athletes to compete at the highest levels they pretty much have to use performance enhancing substances. Nobody likes to admit it but it's true. The current state of being is that all of the blame is placed squarely on the athletes and their lack of integrity and character. No blame at all for the state of affairs lays on the coaches, trainers, doctors, owners, promoters, broadcasters, or governing bodies. And certainly not with the fans. The truth is that most of the athletes competing at that level have (or had) plenty of character and integrity or they would not have gotten to the top of their sport. That's all then taken away by being forced to either quit, and give up everything they worked so hard for, or start cheating too because all of their top rivals already are. It seems to me, that if the rules restricting the use of performance enhancing drugs were repealed (in pretty much whatever sport you like, especially professional leagues and the Olympics) the only real change would be that the athletes could retain their high character.
Is that because those drivers are abusing the current configuration?
As it should be. It was their decision to use the drug to begin with. No one person (as you mentioned above) forced them to take the drug. They gathered the information, processed said information and made a decision. They own that decision and any consequence (or reward) they may receive from making it. Personal accountability...which is so lacking in the world today. It's always "everybody else's fault, not mine".
If you have to ask knowing will make you sick to your stomach.
